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2010 — Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program: A hacker, who was never arrested, demanded a $10…

2010 531.4K records affected Share on X

Technical writeup

A hacker, who was never arrested, demanded a $10 million ransom for a breach effecting 530,000 Virginians. Social security numbers may have been taken. The data was found in a database containing 35 million prescription records.

Root cause

Hacked

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